Japan should stay prudent on the Taiwan question and stop sending erroneous signals to secessionists, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
She made the comments in response to a media query about the recent interactions between the Japanese government and Taiwan secessionists.
"Awarding a medal to someone who advocates Taiwan secession raises questions about Japan's intentions. Does Japan mean to encourage and embolden separatists, and what kind of signal does it intend to send to the Taiwan separatist forces? The Taiwan question is at the very core of China's core interests and concerns the political foundation of China-Japan relations as well as Japan's basic credibility," she said.
"This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration. China urges Japan to deeply reflect on its responsibility for the war crimes in history, abide by the one-China principle and the spirit of four China-Japan political documents, exercise prudence in its words and actions on the Taiwan question, and stop sending any wrong signals to the Taiwan secessionist forces," said Mao.
Japan must stay prudent on Taiwan question: spokeswoman
Japan must stay prudent on Taiwan question: spokeswoman
Smart technologies have reshaped China's ecological and environmental monitoring system, Huang Runqiu, minister of Ecology and Environment, said Thursday in Beijing on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress(NPC).
"Regarding ecological and environmental monitoring, we have been promoting the digitalization, informatization, and intelligentization of the entire monitoring process in recent years, reshaping the ecological and environmental monitoring system. For instance, in water environment monitoring and sampling, we have used intelligent drones which can quickly locate sampling points, collect samples accurately, return rapidly, and they are safe and reliable, improving work efficiency by over 70 percent. They are particularly advantageous for sampling during flood seasons and in remote areas," Huang told the press.
"In terms of environmental sample analysis, we have developed 'lights-out laboratories' in recent years. As the name suggests, these labs operate without lights and are unattended. Through robotic arms, robots, and intelligent management systems, they achieve full-process automation and intelligence from sample handover, testing, and analysis to report generation. This has significantly enhanced work efficiency, increasing it by more than eightfold compared to traditional labs. More importantly, it reduces human interference, human error, and even data falsification," he said.
Thanks to the improved ecological and environmental supervision capabilities, the number of environmental violation cases nationwide has decreased from 130,000 five years ago to 43,000 last year, representing a decline of 68 percent, Huang said.
The minister said China has already applied environmental DNA technology in the biodiversity monitoring work.
"In the field of biodiversity monitoring, monitoring aquatic organisms remains a weak point. However, significant progress has been made in recent years as we have developed environmental DNA technology. Although this chip is very small in size, it contains DNA detection information for aquatic organisms, including the finless porpoise and the Chinese sucker, from 19 state-controlled sections in the Jiangsu segment of the Yangtze River. The results showed that over the past five years, more than 20 species of aquatic organisms have increased in this river section, fully demonstrating the tangible effectiveness of the ten-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River," Huang said while showing a chip to reporters.
The 14th NPC, China's national legislature, concluded its fourth session on Thursday.
Smart technologies reshape China's ecological, environmental monitoring system: minister
